economy | January 11, 2026

Is Elizabeth Hurley a lesbian?

Elizabeth Jane Hurley is an English actress and model. As an actress, her best-known film roles have been as Vanessa Kensington in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and as the Devil in Bedazzled.

Is Elizabeth Hurley a lesbian?

The actress is not a lesbian, Hurley has been married and divorced two times. In late 2011, three months after her divorce, Hurley and Shane Warne, a former Australian cricketer, were engaged. Hurley and Warne bought the Grade II–listed mansion Donnington Hall, near Ledbury, Herefordshire, as their main home. By 2013, Hello magazine reported that the pair had decided to split. She has remained living there since their breakup.

Hurley’s first role in a big-budget film was in Passenger 57 (1992). In 1994, Hurley accompanied Hugh Grant to the London premiere of his film Four Weddings and a Funeral, in a plunging black Versace dress held together with gold safety pins, which gained her instant media attention.

Hurley has been associated with the cosmetics company Estée Lauder since the company gave Hurley her first modeling job at the age of 29. They have featured her as a representative and model for their products, especially perfumes such as Sensuous, Intuition, and Pleasures, since 1995